HISTORY

Ancient History


Rome
Wordle: Ancient Rome
Greece
Ancient Greece - This page is a good overview of aspects related to Anceint Greece. It is a little high level for students, but is good for your own personal knowledge and to get a few resources, images etc.
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

BBC History - Ancient Greece - This page has lots of activities related to all aspects of Ancient Greek life. There is also a teachers resource link which has activity suggestions and other information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/

History for Kids - This page has some good links to information about what life was like in Ancient Greece (just check all the links before you ask the kids to use them).
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

Mr Dowling's History - This site has some good information about Ancient Greece for kids, but also has information on other historic topics
http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html

This is a site which has two stories one about a family from Athens and another about a family from Sparta. These are used to explore Ancient Greece and the differences between these two cities of Greece.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/gcontent.htm

Mythology - Ancient Greece - This site has some good short information and a family tree of Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses.
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Mythology/

PBS - This site has some good information about key Ancient Greek figures, it also has some great lesson plans if your click on the 'Educational Resources' link.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/htmlver/

CLICKVIEW & DVC
Below is a list of Clickview and DVC videos that are related to subject of Ancient Greece
  • Ancient Greece: Eureka! (found in Society & Environment) - has some activities to go with it.
  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization: The Empire of the Mind (DVC - goes for 1 hour)
  • The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization: The Golden Age (DVC - goes for 1 hour)
  • Warriors: Spartan Vengence (DVC - 42 mins)
  • What the Ancients Knew: The Greeks (DVC aprrox 45mins)

Medieval History

Medieval History Wiki
Chisholm'sMedieval History wiki has pages about the various aspects of medieval life in Europe and well as Japan. Studnets will be adding to this wiki throughout the terms, so keep checking for changes and updated material. It is a private wiki so you must be a member of wikispaces to join.
Shogunate Japan
This is a Livebinder with links and information about Shogunate Japan
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=245697
CLICKVIEW & DVC
  • Japan: Memoirs of an Empire - There are three parts to this series. Each goes for about 55mins.

World War 1

BBC History - WW1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/launch_ani_western_front.shtml

Australian War Memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1.asp

Powerpoints


Timeline creators

Tiki Toki
Tiki Toki is a visually impressive application that uses text and images. You can have more than one timeline on the same page and collaborate with different people on the same timeline. This example uses Tiki Toki to show the history of democracy in the Middle East.
Timeglider
Timeglider doesn’t use images but lets you build more complex timelines, including more detail, references and events with different levels of importance based on text size . You can zoom in to see events as they happened hour by hour or zoom out to see centuries pass by. Here is an example of a Timeglider timeline created on World War I.
Timetoast
Timetoast is simply designed but does have the advantage of offering a dynamic layout or a plain text version that appears in a table, offering students a different way to view their work. Here is a Timetoast example showing the history of atomic structure.